Neil Cameron is well known for his commitment to cultural development and is one of Australia’s leading authorities on the role that festivals and celebrations play in a healthy community. His impressive career spans over thirty years both nationally and internationally, and CERES is proud to invite him to share his knowledge with our community. To do this, he has agreed to take time from his study (a doctorate on celebration and festivals at Flinders University) to present these rewarding workshops for the first time in Melbourne.

The workshop will inspire and give a contextual and archetypal “toolkit” with which to vision artistic ideas which have a relationship to community and environment. He uses myth, the arts, archetype, anthropology, cultural development theories and cognitive studies to determine what happens to people in cultural experience and celebration, thereby designing enriching festivals and events.

CERES has staged over 15 award winning festivals including the Return of the Sacred Kingfisher and Harvest Festivals. CERES is a 4- hectare community environment park which has the experience in staging small and large scale outdoor successful community celebrations and is committed to developing, exploring, and making innovative community arts.